cPanel upgrade fails from 11.54 – Services broken !
A recent upgrade from cPanel / WHM 11.54 resulted in the services getting broken and not able to access the services. Was able to find the following in the logs when attempt to restart cPanel was made : Can't locate Unix/PID/Tiny.pm in @INC (you may need to install...
Not able to delete files from file manager – Paper lantern theme
When cPanel is viewed using the Paper lantern theme, there was an error in which we were not able to delete any files over the file manager. When loading over the Chrome, got the following in console : utilities_container.js:13 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property...
cPanel service failing to start with a Perl error !
When trying to start the cPanel service via /scripts/restart_cpsrvd, was getting the following error : cpsrvd: Setting up native SSL support ... Can't locate auto/Net/SSLeay/EC_KEY_new_.al in The simple fix was to re-install the Net::SSLeay perl module This can be...
Root mails getting hung in queue – cPanel ?
Ever come across a situation in which the root mails are getting hung in the queue? Even if you have configured a forwarder to another email address, the root mails tends to just stuck in the queue and pile up. A closer look on the body of the bounced up mails will...
Installing MySQLnd in your cPanel server !
You might want to install the the MySQL native driver for PHP (MySQLnd) over the custom MySQL driver provided with the default EasyApache. To enable this manually, you will need to edit the file : /var/cpanel/easy/apache/rawopts/all_php5 and make sure the following...
Fix – “Cannot load from mysql.proc, The table is probably corrupted”
For someone who upgraded MySQL from versions 5.0.x to something like 5.5.x, this error might be a familiar one : "Cannot load from mysql.proc. The table is probably corrupted" The database activities would not work as expected and hence you will need to fix this error...
Issue with horde in Plesk : Attachments not going through !
Once the Plesk panel gets updated to 11.5.x , the horde gets an upgrade as well : to horde 5. On horde 5, there might be a weird issue in which mails would be sent out fine, but any attachments would not be. You will not see any errors or warnings, however, the...
Issue with r1soft backup agent !
Last day, got an issue which prevented a backup node to take the regular backup's of a server which was already configured and working well. The error which showed in backup node was : "Remote host unexpectedly closed the connection" Tried to stop the agent service...
Getting an empty /etc/userdomains file ?
Even though you have several domains, do you see an empty /etc/userdomains file ? This issue can pop up at times when your disk space gets filled up and the cPanel services malfunction. All you need to do is to update the cPanel domain- config files. This can be done...
cPanel – Install Nginx + Varnish alongside Apache !
Nginx is a very fast webserver when compared with the default Apache offered by cPanel. Nginx is known for its high performance and low resource consumption. Servers hosting WordPress sites are employing Nginx as it improves the performance. Nginx will work as a front...
cPanel – Installing Memcached !
Caching mechanisms are always useful to improve the speed and performance of the services being provided. Especially when you have dynamic webpages that are required to be loaded up, caching mechanisms, if enabled can be used to load the pages up quickly without...
cPanel – Install Google mod_pagespeed module for Apache
"mod_pagespeed is an open-source Apache module created by Google to help Make the Web Faster by rewriting web pages to reduce latency and bandwidth" - http://modpagespeed.com/ To incorporate this module to your Apache webserver in a cPanel running server, do the...
Root your Samsung Galaxy Tab4 SM-T-231
I recently bought this Galaxy Tab4 and opted to use without a sim. However, the notification "Insert your SIM", was driving me crazy and I decided to remove this system notification, but needed to root my device before that. If you wish to root your Galaxy Tab4, use...
cPanel upgrade to 11.50.x – issues with horde database ?
Prior to cPanel & WHM version 11.50, Horde user data was stored in a single server-wide MySQL database. However, in 11.50, cPanel moved these data to individual SQLite database for each cPanel account. Recently, during the upgrade, several users are seeing this...
Corrupt Roundcube tables in WHM ?
Are you getting a message from cPanel saying something like ? check_mysql has determined that there are corrupted database tables . cPanel & WHM has determined that the following database tables are corrupt: Error : Table 'roundcube.contacts' doesn't exist...
Upgrade / install a different version of Python in CentOS !
The Python version which comes along with CentOS is usually 2.4.x, which is way behind and some of the applications / scripts would require a newer version of Python. Upgrading Python in a cPanel environment using yum is not preffered as it may break services /...
Remove the option to change the theme for a cPanel user !
There might be situations in which a particular cPanel user mess with his themes and you would want to limit his privilages so that he cant change the theme to a specific one or two. Perhaps you do not want him to change to X Theme or Paper Lantern. To do this, login...
MySQL databases not showing up space in cPanel
When trying to view the databases from the cPanel interface of an account, you might end up with no values at all. However, if you check the backend, you can find that these database folders consumes space. To fix this issue, SSH to the server and open the file :...
Run FSCK without password during the startup !
You might have a situation in which you need to run an FSCK in your server and you do not have a root password or you do not get the desired login prompt due to any disk issues, which might need an FSCK. You can try the following steps to attempt an FSCK : * Reboot *...
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10074 (April Update) is available now: Let’s see what’s new
Microsoft made some pretty cool Windows 10 announcements at the Build 2015 happening at San Francisco, with it came latest Windows 10 insider Preview Build 10074. This new build is available to both the Fast and Slow ring of Windows Insiders (The Windows Insider...